KEY, Robert

Member for Salisbury since 1983. Committees: Member, Defence Select Committee since 2005; Winston Churchill Memorial Trust since 2004; Chairman, Information Select Committee 2004-05; Member, Select Committee on Science and Technology 2003-05; Member, Select Committee on Defence 1995-97; Joint Parliamentary Chair, Council for Education in the Commonwealth 1984-87; Member, Select Committee on Education, Science and the Arts 1983-86; Member, UK National Commission for UNESCO 1984-85; Secretary, Conservative Arts and Heritage Committee 1983-84; former Chair, All-Party Group on AIDS. Political career: Shadow Minister for Science 2002-05; Shadow Minister for International Development 2000-01; Opposition Spokesperson on Defence 1997-2000; Minister for Roads and Traffic 1993-94; Under- Secretary of State for National Heritage 1992-93; Under- Secretary of State for the Environment 1990-92; Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Rt Hon Chris Patten 1987-90; Parliamentary Private Secretary to Minister of State for Energy 1985-87; Parliamentary Secretary to the Rt Hon Edward Heath 1984-85; Member, National Union Executive Committee 1981-83; former Chair, Harrow Central Conservative Association 1980-82; Parliamentary Candidate for Camden, Holborn and St Pancras South 1979; former Vice-Chair and Treasurer, Conservative Parliamentary Candidates Association. Special political interests: Defence, environment, education, arts. Profession/Trade: Teacher. Education: Sherborne School; Clare College, Cambridge. Affiliations: Trustee, Wessex Archaeology since 2004; Member, Medical Research Council 1989-90; Honorary Fellow, College of Preceptors 1989; former Chair of School Governors; Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street. Hobbies: Singing, cooking, countryside. b. 22 April 1945. Married with three children.